Thursday, March 15, 2012

Ever Empty? Ever Still?


Is the sky ever empty?
Is the ocean ever still?

Why should I expect
my mind to be any different?

3 comments:

  1. Expecting it, certainly will not make it so.
    But making it so, will.

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  2. And even when we're certain our mind is still, we're identifying it as still, so...it isn't... :) The practice, perhaps, is to be as still in our thought as is humanly possible...And to be still seems to be about stilling all judgement.

    I want to witness the beauty of the world. How can a spiritual purpose or practice be found in emptiness? It seems oxymoronic, yet we keep hearing about it as though it's the ultimate.

    Thank you for a very provocative thought. :)

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